Quotes About Meaning

No, love is never foolish. Or unnecessary.

All these small things are the glue that keeps you bound to your own life. They are the things that make you you. And in that respect, they are not little at all. They are huge. They are grand.

A living parable

My way of looking at it is, who cares what happens before we're born and after we die? The question that has become increasingly important to me is, what do we do in the meantime?

Arthur realizes that if he were alone, it would be a grim wait...with the girl, it's an adventure. That's what being with another does. He remembers now, with something like a full body flush. He remembers what it means to share something with someone. The particular alchemy that can light things up.

What is it that makes a family? Certainly, no document does, no legal pronouncement or accident of birth. No, real families come from choices we make about who we want to be bound to, and the ties to such families live in our heart. Thank you for inviting my father, who is not my real family, but to whom I am also tied.

The mystical teachings do not erase sorrow. They say, here is your life. What will you do with it?

Eighteen. The word is a poem.

Was it possible to find recompense, meaning, connection with others amidst the mess and the muddle ?

Each day is precious when we consider what we can do to serve God and His Kingdom.

Time is redeemed when you make the most of your life by fulfilling God's purposes.

Time is redeemed when you make the most of your life by fulfilling God's purposes.

Life is too short to be wasted on anything that does not help you to live out God's plan and purposes for your life.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of our souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be... a prudent insurance policy.

Life's metaphors are God's instructions.

You must find another reason to work, other than the desire for success or recognition. It must come from another place.

I have searched frantically for contentment for so many years in so many ways, and all the acquisitions and accomplishments- they run you down in the end.

What life is, we know not. What life does, we know well. —LORD PERCEVAL

Your art not only doesn't have to be original, in other words; it also doesn't have to be important.

But why must everything always have a practical application? I'd been such a diligent soldier for years - working, producing, never missing a deadline, taking care of my loved ones, my gums and my credit record, voting, etc. Is this lifetime supposed to be only about duty?

What you produce is not necessarily always sacred, I realized, just because you think it's sacred. What is sacred is the time that you spend working on the project, and what that time does to expand your imagination, and what that expanded imagination does to transform your life.

If faith were rational, it wouldn't be - by definition - faith. Faith is belief in what you cannot see or prove or touch. Faith is walking face-first and full-speed into the dark. If we truly knew all the answers in advance as to the meaning of life and the nature of God and the destiny of souls, our belief would not be a leap of faith and it would not be a courageous act of humanity; it would just be...a prudent insurance policy.

I've spent my entire life chasing wonder, and to me that word is synonymous with spirituality.